Serologic Evidence of Scrub Typhus in the Peruvian Amazon

Using a large, passive, febrile surveillance program in Iquitos, Peru, we retrospectively tested human blood specimens for scrub typhus group orientiae by ELISA, immunofluorescence assay, and PCR. Of 1,124 participants, 60 (5.3%) were seropositive, and 1 showed evidence of recent active infection. O...

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Veröffentlicht in:	Emerging infectious diseases 2017-08, Vol.23 (8), p.1389-1391
Hauptverfasser:	Kocher, Claudine, Jiang, Ju, Morrison, Amy C, Castillo, Roger, Leguia, Mariana, Loyola, Steev, Ampuero, Julia S, Cespedes, Manuel, Halsey, Eric S, Bausch, Daniel G, Richards, Allen L
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Sprache:	eng
Schlagworte:	Adult respiratory distress syndrome Analysis bacteria Disease transmission Dispatch ELISA Enzyme-linked immunosorbent assay Humans Infection Orientia tsutsugamushi Peru - epidemiology Population Surveillance Retrospective Studies Scrub typhus Scrub Typhus - epidemiology Scrub Typhus - immunology Seroepidemiologic Studies Serologic Evidence of Scrub Typhus in the Peruvian Amazon serology vector-borne infections
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Zusammenfassung:	Using a large, passive, febrile surveillance program in Iquitos, Peru, we retrospectively tested human blood specimens for scrub typhus group orientiae by ELISA, immunofluorescence assay, and PCR. Of 1,124 participants, 60 (5.3%) were seropositive, and 1 showed evidence of recent active infection. Our serologic data indicate that scrub typhus is present in the Peruvian Amazon.
ISSN:	1080-6040 1080-6059
DOI:	10.3201/eid2308.170050